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lo·cal·ize
(lō′kə-līz′)v. lo·cal·ized, lo·cal·iz·ing, lo·cal·iz·es
v.tr.
1. To make local: decentralize and localize political authority.
2. To confine or restrict to a particular locality: localized the infection.
3. To attribute to a particular locality: sought to localize the origin of the rumor.
v.intr.
To become local, especially to become fixed in one area or part.
lo′cal·i·za′tion (-kə-lĭ-zā′shən) n.
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| Noun | 1. |  localization - a determination of the place where something is; "he got a good fix on the target"determination, finding - the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation; "the determination of molecular structures" echo sounding, echolocation - determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it |
| 2. | localization - (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body localisation, localisation of function, localisation principle, localization of function, localization principle principle, rule - a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system; "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields" lateralisation, laterality, lateralization - localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms |
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Translations
kotoistaalokalisoida
ローカライゼーション
localisatie
localization
[ˌləʊkəlaɪˈzeɪʃən] localisation (British) n (gen) → localisation f
(COMPUTING) → localisation f
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lo·cal·i·za·tion
n. localización.
1. rel. al punto de origen de una sensación;
2. determinación de la procedencia de una infección o lesión.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
localization
n localización fEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.